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Google's invitation-only Domains name registration service works a lot like the old one but raises new questions about privacy and ad scraping
Privacy Icons browser add-on gives poor marks for transparency to the privacy policies of many top websites, including Google, Yahoo, and Facebook
Merely knowing what pages a person views on a website can hint at personal details
The FISC court granted the extension pending new legislation that would block the bulk collection of phone records
A Google engineer wrote the BoringSSL project isn't designed to replace OpenSSL
The demise of Code Spaces at the hands of an attacker shows that, in the cloud, off-site backups and separation of services could be key to survival
JavaScript's security issues spill over to the server-side platform
Many Android apps on Google Play contain authentication keys that can be easily taken to steal corporate and personal data
A new version of Android for Nexus devices is primarily a security update that patches the bundled OpenSSL library
Node.js isn't especially risky, but its popularity means sloppy coding can cause harm in a new venue